October 28, 2019 @ 9:00 am - October 31, 2019 @ 5:00 pm EDT

What might be possible if a community of organization members were fully engaged and using their strengths to collectively achieve shared visions?

WHAT IS APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY?

Appreciative Inquiry is a collaborative, strengths-based approach to both personal and organizational development that is proving to be highly effective in thousands of organizations and communities in hundreds of countries around the world. It is a way of bringing about change that shares leadership and learning, fully engaging everyone in the organization.

This Appreciative Inquiry foundations course includes mini-lectures, and experiential learning (individual, pairs, trios, small group, and large group) as well as auditory and visual materials to enhance the learning experience. Each day has a morning and afternoon session; a morning and afternoon break; and one hour for lunch.

This training is designed for:Leaders in businesses and corporations, community development, educational organizations governmental organizations, and nonprofit organizations–in short, anyone who wants to learn how to facilitate Appreciative Inquiry.

Our objective:By focusing on the organization’s strengths, you can evolve into a true “center of excellence” while avoiding the risks and pitfalls associated with “reinventing” operational service, delivery and support. The refocus may include everything from reducing risk and long-term capital cost—by understanding what is and is not critical to the overall success of the organization—to refining and optimizing service levels through effective and efficient business solutions.

To enhance the outcomes and planning processes currently in place by using a strengths-based approach (Appreciative Inquiry). Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a highly adaptable philosophy and process for engaging people in building the organization and world that they want to work and live in. By encouraging a broad range of stakeholders, both within and outside the system to ask positive questions about peak experiences or successes, create shared meaning of the answers, and act on the responses. AI serves as a wellspring for transformational change.

Our approach:Our approach revolves around a simple idea: building upon the organization’s strengths – by providing skills and confidence to the Stakeholders to develop a framework for planning and implementing change and developing energy for that change. One of the fundamentals of our success is utilizing the existing talents and resources of the organization to enhance customer satisfaction, business goals, and stakeholder engagement.

We are committed to providing the expertise necessary to help organizations achieve their success and retention goals while reducing their training and operational costs. We have a series of recommendations that organizations may choose from based on time and financial opportunities that drive the organization through to its vision.

The Center for Appreciative Inquiry and Company of Experts have developed their training and coaching programs for immediate and long-term impact, focusing on changing workplace practices rather than trying to change people.

TRAINING SCHEDULE AND HOURS

This Appreciative Inquiry foundations course includes mini-lectures, and experiential learning (individual, pairs, trios, small group, and large group) as well as auditory and visual materials to enhance the learning experience. Each day has a morning and afternoon session; a morning and afternoon break; and one hour for lunch.**

Day One– Experiencing Appreciative Inquiry
Learn basic process and experience AI by participating in a facilitated Appreciative Inquiry led by the Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator Training Trainers
Day Two – Understanding the power of Appreciative Inquiry
Actively learn about the concepts, principles, theories and research.

Day Three– Planning
Plan and practice how you will begin helping your organization, group, or community build upon their strengths.

Day Four – Practicing

Practice two exercises you can take home to use Appreciative Inquiry in your personal and professional life.

Practice choosing the best language, words for facilitating Appreciative Inquiry within a particular culture.

Begin developing your plan to become a certified Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator by completing a Practicum/Supervised Experience.

We start each day on time and work diligently to maintain the schedule, honoring the commitment to the learning experience. We have found full participation to be the most productive for the participants and the trainers. To obtain a letter of completion (and to be eligible for consideration for certification) each participant must complete 24 training hours. Days one through four begin at 8:30 a.m. for networking. The training sessions will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. each day.

WHAT MAKES OUR TRAININGS UNIQUE?

We are relationship-focused. We believe the success of any human endeavor is dependent upon the relationships between those involved. We value each person and strive to develop a rapport, trust, and understanding with all of our clients by investing time and energy into understanding each client, their business, and their aspirations.

Trainings are small and intimate. The size of each of our training varies based on the location of the event, but rarely exceed 24 participants. Our intimate training sessions allow for extensive interaction between our trainer(s) and participants – allowing each participant to receive more assistance with individual needs.

Intensive and experiential. “We remember best what we experience. We understand best what we identify with. We learn best by doing.” We are aware of the importance of personal experience in the retention of learning. This is the underlying principle used in all of our workshops.

Support. Our intimate training sessions create the perfect environment for networking, motivation, and support with other workshop participants. We encourage participants to continue to share their challenges and experiences with one another even after our trainings have concluded. Support from others can provide the strength needed to continue on the path of positive, sustainable change.

Infused with Appreciative Inquiry. Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a collaborative, strengths-based approach to both personal and organizational development that is proving to be highly effective in thousands of organizations and communities around the world. It is a way of bringing about change that shares leadership and learning, fully engaging everyone in the process. AI empowers our participants to create the processes they wish to use in order to put belief into practice and acquire their goals.

Mentoring included. To ensure the successful implementation of the skill sets taught during our trainings, our trainer(s) make themselves readily available to answer questions, share knowledge, and provide on-going support and encouragement long after the training has concluded.

Certification. Many of our workshops include certification – at no additional cost to you. Certification demonstrates to your customers, competitors, suppliers, staff and investors that you use industry-respected best practices.

Low cost. Evolving positively in today’s changing environment requires that we constantly improve and build upon our skill sets. By providing our workshops at a low cost, we hope to attract more individuals, groups, and organizations who are expected “to do more with less”. We now offer group rates that provide additional savings on top of our already reduced workshop prices.

Expertise. Each of our trainers have a strong commitment to the theory and practice of their subject area — bringing a balance of education, consulting, and on-the-job experience to all of our trainings.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING INFORMATION

Outcomes – Certification
At the end of the four-day training and completion of a supervised practicum, participants will be eligible for certification to facilitate or co-facilitate Appreciative Inquiry sessions in a program, department, division, organization, group, or community on any topic that focuses on human systems change, i.e., “the way we do things.” Learn more about our AIFTs outcomes and certification requirements.

Please note that travel, accommodations and hotel/airport transportation are not included in your registration fee. We advise that you do not make any nonrefundable travel arrangements until the training is confirmed.

Refund Policy
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Register by September 13, 2019 to receive the Early Bird Special Price of:

Standard Registration: $2,225.00 USD

Non-Profit Registration: $1,975.00 USD

After September 13, 2019, price for this workshop will increase to:

Standard Registration: $2,500.00 USD

Non-Profit Registration: $2,250.00 USD

Registration Includes:

Pre-workshop reading, four full days of instruction, lunch, instructional materials (binder and book), supervised practicum for AI Facilitator certification, and support/mentoring for one year.

Please note: Your trainers are available as mentor to you during your practicum – at no extra cost. They will also be part of the panel that reviews your practicum once it has been submitted. It is standard practice for the panel to engage you in a conversation about your work once you have submitted your practicum. Typically, they will respond with questions, to deepen their and your mutual understanding of and learning about AI. The practicum review is therefore a dialogical and interactive process.

Important: Participants that earn their certification through The Center for Appreciative Inquiry (CAI) are eligible to be included in the Center for Appreciative Inquiry’s Directory for FREE for the duration for their certification. Directory profiles are easy to create and update and will make you locatable by our worldwide audience. Learn more about the benefits of our Directory here.

Group Rates Available

We offer discounted group rates (based on training space). Please email us to inquire for cost.

Venue:

Flexible Registration Options:

Don’t want to register online? Company of Experts has created flexible registrations for you…

Email: To register email , click here to download our registration form, fill it out, and email it to Melissa. You will receive a confirmation email within 2 business days to confirm your registration.

Phone: We also process registrations taken over the phone. Just call our office (702) 228.4699 and we will be happy to process your order over the phone.

AI Practitioners:

Lynora Bowen’s passion for organizational transformation work, her commitment to building organizational capability, her collaborative working style, her skill at coaching others and her insights are themes in her work. Lynora served in a variety of human resources, operations and technical leadership roles throughout her extensive corporate career.

Lynora began her career as a Process Development Engineer at the large manufacturing site. She progressed through a number manufacturing supervisory and technical roles. She became the Organizational Effectiveness Strategic leader for the site, leading the creating and implementation of organizational development strategies for transitioning the site from traditional to high performance work systems. In mid-career, Lynora shifted to Human Resources. She held numerous site, Regional and corporate Human Resources positions. In these roles, she worked with a cross-section of associates and coached senior leaders. She became an internal consultant providing Change Management consultation, primarily aimed shifting mindsets and behaviors needed to support business and functional improvement. More>

Angela Greenwald, Ph.D., brings a strength based consultation approach to change leadership activities for leaders, teams and individuals. She is President of AI Greenwald Coaching and Consulting, where she provides leadership and team development, coaching and consultation services to organizations globally. She has had over 30 years of experience consulting with large and small companies in the areas of Executive Coaching, Cultural Diagnostics, Team Training and Development, and Employee Assistance Programming. She designs and facilitates programs for both profit and not-for-profit organizations, and her positive approach inspires her clients to clarify and achieve the results they desire.

Angela has held roles in the area of corporate Operations, Human Resources Organizational and Leadership Development, Health and Wellness, Strategic Planning and Continuous Improvement, and she led global programs which focused on leader and employee health and productivity. Her collaborative and positive approach enables Angela to bring holistic and system based solutions to diverse groups and situations. Angela was an adjunct Professor in the Psychology Department at Rowen University and has held many leadership roles on not-for-profit boards of directors and councils. More>